HELP! ArmA 3 Apex is not loaded when I run arma!

[Yuval 29]

It says the DLC is installed in steam but when I run Apex I get an Error, something needs F_Characters_Exp or something

 

[ineptaphid 6413]

A copy of the exact error would help. Are you running any mods? Does it happen with no mods? Did you validate the integrity of game cache?

[Yuval 29]

The things I did to fix it and didn't help:

 

- Validated

 

- Switched to DEVBRANCH and back

 

Didn't help.

 

I didn't load any mods

 

please help!

 

I have a folder in the game directory called "Expansion"

in it there's a folder called "Addons" and in them there are all the apex files, but it doesnt load them.

 

EDIT: The only way it does work is if I load the "Expansion" folder as a mod, but it feels hacky.. Is there a way to fix it to load properly?